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Disconnect policy for distributed computing systems

  • US 6,412,077 B1
  • Filed: 01/14/1999
  • Issued: 06/25/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for performing a disconnect policy that involves authorizing a data communication session between a client and a first server, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

  • determining that a second server cannot communicate with a third server that is normally responsible for authorizing the session;

    receiving a request to establish a session for a particular entity associated with the client;

    determining whether the third server is an authoritative server for the entity;

    if the third server is the authoritative server for the entity, then determining at the second server whether the session should be established for the entity; and

    determining to establish the session for the entity only upon determining that a then-current count of sessions maintained only by the second server is less than a total number of sessions that have been allocated for the entity.

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